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Petr Knespl 2019

Petr Knespl

* 1960

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milan Knížátko (early 1940s)

Milan Knížátko

* 1928

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Miroslava Knížátková in 1957

Miroslava Knížátková

* 1939

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miloslava Knobová at Hrubá Skála in summer 1954

Miloslava Knobová

* 1936

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Farmer, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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Blažena Knoppová, rod. Riesová

* 1931 †︎ 2019

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Fights with Bandera's forces, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Sister Bohdana Knotková in 1954

Božena Knotková

* 1931 †︎ 2021

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Ludmila Kňourková

* 1927

Sanitary worker during the World War 2, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Member of Orel

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 5 more anniversaries

Josef Kobau in September 2022, Eibenthal - Romania

Josef Kobau

* 1949

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Victim of forced relocation

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Contemporary photo

Venuše Koblasová

* 1940

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Kobler with beard against the occupation, 1969

Josef Kobler

* 1934

Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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